The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-01-22
How to Read Folks.

doctor, the other day. well, he
will sit with the right leg crossing
the left"
"Why, what do you mean ?"
Nothing much. Only that any
observer can tell what leg a man
will cross by the way he wears his
clothing
"You don't mean to say that you
know from the appearance of
person how they cross their feet ?"
| inquired.
Eyes, that's it. You don't believe
it? Well, come with me. Wen
take a short ride on the street cars,
and I'll prove my assertion to be
true"
A few moments later saw us
aboard a car, the sole occupant
being German woman with bas-
ket.
"She don't count?" l suggested
inquiringly.
"Oh, yes. You can tellthe wom-
en- just as well as men. She will
put the left foot over the right"
Almost before he had finished as
if to prove the truth ofhis statement,
the left broad shoe was slowly put
over the right.
There's subject for us" he con-
tinued, as a thin young man with
an immense walking cane, entered
the door. Look how neatly his
coat fits, see how his hat shines;
observe his polished boots, You
will notice the height of his collar
and his spotless linen. All right,
now. That man will pull his pant
aloons gently at the knee, and then,
with care, cross the right leg over
the left.
And he did so. Right again.
The youth followed out the state
ment as nicely as though it had
been mutually arranged beforehand.
"You will find the majority of
people are not overly neat about
their appearance. Willie they may
be clean enough, they haven't much
pride in the fit of their clothing.
consequently most people give the
preference to the left foot. 1t is
even noticeable by the hands. See
the fat man, how snugly he crosses
the right hand with the left Its
the most interesting study one can
have, the study Of human nature.
| practice at it continually. | have
taught myself to read other peoples
thoughts. Even with you" he CON
tinued, much to my CONSERVATION,
you have made remarks to me and
| have followed your thoughts back
until | knew what prompted the
remark. You are hard to read,
must say, but asked questions
until found that was correct.
What is true ofyou, is trucof every
body else"
The car by this time was com
fortably filled. Along the opposite
side, with the exception of one man
the left leg was crossing the right.
One woman out of the four female
passengers crossed right, and if APP
pea@nce counts for aught, could
have told it would be so.
Another thing l have studied. -"
continued this student of human
nature, sand that is the movement
of the eyelids. If want to tell a
woman's temper | watch her eve
lids. You can read n man in the
same way, but not so readily. A
woman with a fiery temper will
move her eyelids with a snap, and
that snap betrays her. Another
who is easy going and hard toarouse
moves her cyelids lanquidly. One
with a quick brain and temper
furious when aroused justly, winks
steadily, but neither quickly nor
slowly until engaged in interesting
conversation. Even bright thoughts
will cause her eyelids to move with
rapidity and show the state of the
brain as well as her temper.
why do study these human
points, you ask? In the first place
because it is interesting to me, and
next, because it is useful to man
in public life to have an insight into
human nature. When we have
learned just such little things as
these we can more quickly tell the
men or women we come in contact
with, which is always an advantage
Clothing, hats, seal saques, even a
place where button should be, par
takes Of the character of the wearcr
and tells student as plainly as
print, with whom he has to deal.